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title: Is an Electrical and Power Transmission Installers degree worth the debt?
cip: 4603
source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard — Field of Study (2026-06-10 release)
sourceId: src:doe:college-scorecard:field-of-study:2026-06-10
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# Is an Electrical and Power Transmission Installers degree worth the debt?

Leading with the **Certificate**, across **125** colleges (125 of 125 programs report earnings):

- **Median pay, 1 year after completion:** $33,936 ($31,890 at 2 years)
- **Median federal debt:** $8,867 (federal loans only)
- **Debt-to-earnings:** 0.28× a first year's pay
- **Across-college spread (middle 50%):** $30,405–$41,294 — the program you choose moves the number this much.


**How to read this:** these are MEDIANS across college programs, measured **1–2 years after completion** (early career, graduates only) — NOT lifetime earnings, and NOT comparable to a college's 10-years-after-entry figure. They cover **federally-aided completers at programs large enough to report**; small programs are suppressed. A field median is not a prediction of your outcome, not causal (who enters a field differs by field), and **not a "best majors" ranking** — earnings are one dimension of worth. Verify by field at the official College Scorecard (https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/).

## By degree level

| Level | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt | Debt/pay | Colleges | Programs reporting |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Certificate | $33,936 | $8,867 | 0.28× | 125 | 125/125 |
| Associate's | $44,791 | $12,000 | 0.28× | 43 | 43/43 |

## Where an Certificate in this field reports the highest early-career pay

Reflects who enrolls and where, not causal program quality.

| College | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lansing Community College (MI) | $78,363 | — |
| Dallas College (TX) | $78,192 | — |
| Warren County Career Center (OH) | $63,067 | $8,233 |
| Northwest Iowa Community College (IA) | $59,941 | $5,500 |
| Chippewa Valley Technical College (WI) | $59,720 | $5,500 |
| Trinidad State College (CO) | $58,602 | — |
| Lamar Institute of Technology (TX) | $57,416 | — |
| Texas State Technical College (TX) | $55,636 | $7,335 |
| Bismarck State College (ND) | $54,093 | $5,500 |
| Southwest Wisconsin Technical College (WI) | $53,821 | $4,500 |
| Hillsborough College (FL) | $52,598 | — |
| Perry Technical Institute (WA) | $52,033 | $17,797 |
| Dakota County Technical College (MN) | $51,251 | $10,156 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Oneida-Huntsville (TN) | $49,961 | — |
| Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City (MO) | $49,822 | — |

RECORDED College Scorecard figures + one DERIVED ratio (debt-to-earnings). Informs and compares; not advice on what to major in. Each college's full record: `/education/<slug>`.

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